Sponsored Projects and Affiliated Programs
The NCID is proud to be the institutional home of the three programs listed below, all of which are national exemplars in the field of diversity. It’s our goal to move our working groups to proposal development groups, which, by securing funding from external sponsors, can proceed toward formal institutionalization as programs.
Promoting Equity in Higher Education
With a planning grant from the Ford Foundation, this cross-institutional project aspires to uncover the policy structures that encourage and inhibit students’ successful pursuits of higher education. It focuses on three major cities: Detroit, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. Principal Investigator: Edward St. John, Professor of Education, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates
With funding from the Provost’s Office, The Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates Program seeks to develop new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning that place a University of Michigan education in a vibrant global context here in Ann Arbor and around the world. Program Director: A.T. Miller, Coordinator of Multicultural Education, U-M Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.
Youth Dialogues
Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity in Metropolitan Detroit brings together high school age youth from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and from different neighborhoods and suburbs for intergroup dialogues during the summer. It is sponsored by the Skillman Foundation and the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation. Program Director and Principal Investigator: Barry Checkoway, U-M Professor of Social Work and Urban Planning.